ACE Cardiovascular Protection: EUROPA versus HOPE Christopher J. BoosMatthew Dawes Editorial Introduction Pages: 179 - 180
Brain Natriuretic Peptide as a Surrogate Marker in Heart Failure Trials Per Hildebrandt Editorial Introduction Pages: 181 - 182
Carvedilol Differentially Regulates Cytokine Production from Activated Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Shih-Ping YangLing-Jun HoJenn-Haung Lai OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 188
Roles of Systemic Nitric Oxide Metabolites for Human Coronary Circulation Yoji KatoYoshiyuki KijimaMasatsugu Hori OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 195
Effect of Long-Term Angiotensin II Type I Receptor Antagonism on Peripheral and Coronary Vasomotion Nicolas PreumontPhilippe UngerGuy Berkenboom OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 202
Improvement in Endothelial Progenitor Cells from Peripheral Blood by Ramipril Therapy in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease Tao Qian MinChen Jun ZhuShang Yun Peng OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 209
Comparison of Cilostazol and Ticlopidine for One-Month Effectiveness and Safety after Elective Coronary Stenting Masayuki HashiguchiKeiko OhnoTsuyoshi Shiga OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 217
Methods of Assessing the Functional Status of Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Interventional Studies: Can Brain Natriuretic Peptide Measurement be Used as Surrogate for the Traditional Methods? Jawdat AbdullaLars KøberChristian Torp-Pedersen OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 224
High-Dose BoluS TiRofibAn and Sirolimus Eluting STEnt versus Abiciximab and Bare Metal Stent in Acute MYocardial Infarction (STRATEGY) Study—Protocol Design and Demography of the First 100 Patients Marco ValgimigliGianfranco PercocoRoberto Ferrari OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 230
Measuring Effects on Intima Media Thickness: An Evaluation of Rosuvastatin in Subclinical Atherosclerosis—The Rationale and Methodology of the METEOR Study John Robert Crouse IIIDiederick E. GrobbeeJoel S. Raichlen OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 238
Combined Treatment with Tranexamic Acid and Oral Contraceptive Pill Causes Coronary Ulcerated Plaque and Acute Myocardial Infarction Gianluca IacobellisGianfranco Iacobellis OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 240